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I suffered from depression for years and I decided to download this game to relax. I loved it from the first level; the graphics are charming and the characters are so cute. Then I got to the “Crossroads of Life” level. Once completed, it gives you a message to reach out to your friends who are depressed because they will appreciate the support. I was touched and comforted by this message, and I love the developers for doing this. I agree with them; nice words from friends heal me up so well. I had to write a review and give them five stars because of this. Unfortunately, many games tend to care little about their consumers’ health and build their systems around addiction and greed. This game doesn’t do that. It gives you frequent notices before and after levels to get up and stretch, move your head, and much more. I appreciate everything the developers have done for us so far.

I adore this game it’s so much fun! It’s like a where’s Waldo without corny Waldo or a look and find book with some seriously hard stuff to find! I like the way this makes my brain feel like it’s getting a workout and having fun all at once, the app is diverse, interactive, and screams creativity! There’s additional side content which I haven’t gotten to unlock yet but when I do I know I will be just as or more obsessed with it, you could tell, the time the curators and developers took in putting this fantastic game together! As I decorate and create my new kingdom equipped with a kitty to my right, new outfit and keen detective eye I am finding all of the things lol and loving this! The graphics are dope and the sounds are mesmerizing and mysterious!! I am 32 years old and I can’t play this enough!

I didn’t expect this game to be as good as it is, mostly because I’ve found free puzzle games on mobile usually aren’t, but my gosh this game surpassed my expectations immediately! It’s got its flaws, the timed ones can be stressful. The crossroads of life one, while a great message and inventive, was hard on my eyes with all the colors and the flashing of day and night. And sometimes things hidden are tiny and on the same color background so hard as hell to find. EVEN THEN, the positives far outweigh the negatives!! This game is GORGEOUS! The art is absolutely lovely and the music is nice and relaxing. The challenge of the levels starts out easy and ramps up slow so the learning curve isn’t too steep. The levels are also extremely varied and inventive from what I’ve seen so far! With all of that, you can ALSO even decorate your home base castle, collect little “elf” characters, and customize your own little avatar! 5/5 would definitely recommend anyone who likes hidden object and spot the differences kind of puzzles should give it a try!

I bought the in-app Dream Pass and Luxury Supreme Package because I couldn’t pass up supporting such a beautiful, detailed game. I don’t even have the patience to tap on every little head to read every little chat bubble... but I sure am tempted. The amount of time that must have gone into this game is astounding; I find it fun and challenging, with just the right amount of frustration to keep me interested. There are TONS of levels and ways to customize that make it a long-lasting investment rather than a quick game to buy and delete a week later. (I also prefer to keep games that make me think or use my brain, which this does!) My only complaint is the music, honestly; I had to mute the game because the melody is distracting and repeats itself awkwardly. But it’s probably better for me to play in silence anyway, haha. I would love to see more ways to customize our little avatars in the future. Overall, 5/5! Thanks so much for sharing this creation with us.

This game is so adorable and well made. I love the creativity of all the worlds and it’s fun to take a moment and just study the detail that went into making each level. I made an in app purchase which gives me unlimited energy and hints, as well as no ads. It was worth the money for me to be able to play uninterrupted. Since I’ve had this game for awhile, I’ve completed every level and my biggest complaint (and the reason why I don’t give it 5 stars) is there’s no replay value in the game. Once you’ve completed the level, that’s it. There seems to be no way to erase your progress and replay. I’ve tried logging out, deleting the game and re-downloading it, and everything else I can think of. But there’s really no way for me to replay the levels because everything has been found and I can’t undo my progress. I would also love if the developers would make more main levels that are untimed, I don’t care for the mini game levels that have a timer. Overall, it’s a great game and I hope more levels are coming soon!

First, the language is CHINESE. NOT Japanese, and certainly not Korean either. The language can be changed. From first downloading the app, 1) tap the screen to take you to the tutorial, which is after an introduction which you can skip by pressing the button in the upper right hand corner. 2) run through the tutorial in Chinese. It’s a very simple hidden-object game. The objects to find are at the bottom, a ball, a hairbrush, and something else. It’s the tutorial level, it’s easy. Scroll around, click the objects, you’re done. 3) after that you will be taken to a menu. The menu has a profile avatar in the upper left hand corner. It also has a settings icon. Click the settings icon. 4) there’s a bunch of settings buttons in Chinese. Click on the one TO THE RIGHT of the avatar button. Not the avatar button itself. That’s the language button. Change your language. Bug: there’s no noise or music in the game. It’s completely silent. I also hate energy but at least there’s a ($6) option to buy it off. That’s better than literally any other game with energy. I hope $6 also gets you no ads too. Right now I’ve counted 86 “levels”. I’m not sure if there’s more or not. The drawings are lovely. The music might be too, if I could listen to it. Fix the sound problems. There’s an offline mode. I’m not sure what functions are restricted in offline mode, but loading in airplane mode triggers it.

I downloaded this app on my tablet because I was amazed by the art style and reviews, but I was very disappointed shortly after. Before I could even get into the the story I was kicked out of the game completely. The same kept happing after a few more tries until I realized it wouldn’t work. I downloaded the same app on my phone and I’m happy to say it worked smoothly. I would HIGHLY recommended this app for art lovers and people who love scavenger hunts. I hope that one day I will be able to play this app on my tablet without being kicked out and I think it is something the developers should work on. Amazing art style and story, good job👍

I’m a big fan of puzzle games and found this game in my recommendations page in the App Store. But as soon as I loaded it up, it was instantly in Chinese. I did my best to try to fix it or find a settings option, but the game gave me nothing and instantly threw me into a tutorial. My daughter is quite a detective herself lol and was able to find the settings hidden in the menu. It’s very small but its located where a little avatar man is. I’m assuming thats meant to be where you and your data is. She was able to change it to English and we were very relieved. The game is very cute and fun if you’re a fan of puzzles like me, but the puzzles after the Movie Star area just get very easy and kind of boring. The list of items to find are too short and the art doesn’t have as much detail as the Movie Star level. Kind of disappointing since we both really enjoyed how cute and fun the art was. We haven’t gotten through the other levels but I hope they get better.

I've really enjoyed the classic levels of this game! I like getting familiar with the scenes and trying to find all of the objects in the higher difficulties without looking at the list first. The art is cute, and there's a lot to do. Unfortunately, the time it takes for energy to regenerate is a bit excessive. For the "casual" levels (that are just stressful once they become timed), it takes an hour to regenerate the 3 energy it takes to play them. For the "classic" levels? It takes a whopping two hours and 40 minutes to regenerate the 8 energy it takes to play them. That's just too much. I did buy more energy once, but immediately after... The server connection died. And it hasn't been back in days. I was playing the game on two devices, but now I can't sync my progress between them. I also can't play half of the modes anymore (Survival, Blitz, etc.), because they require a connection to the server. The Facebook group/page for the game is also gone, which seems odd. Anyway, I like the game well enough, but I have to spend most of the day just letting my energy build up enough to play one or two levels. It's a real bummer.

I really loved the movie themed stages, they were very detailed and the hints went along with a lot of movie references. I expected the game to have more in depth levels like this, but after these stages, and going back to the detective’s house, the other levels only ask you to find 3 different things in a smaller environment with all the same types of items around. I was very excited for this game, but with the less detailed levels, waiting too long to regain energy, and the network connection issues, Im not sure I will continue with it too much longer. I would suggest downloading it for the first few stages and building up some of the castle, but Im sure you will get bored of waiting around to play lack luster levels.

The storyline is cute and and the achievements are fun as well as looking for the hidden things (that I won’t spoil) along with repairing a old castle. However there are many flaws such as having so few energy that it is impossible to play more than two or three levels at a time, with no way of replenishing the energy other than waiting, watching an ad that gives you 3 and you can only use four times a day or paying money. Normal levels cost 6 energy to play so you can only play two levels with that before you have to wait over 10 mins for a single energy or pay money. There should be other ways to get energy such as leveling up replenishes your energy as this is not happening now or just make people pay for the game as it is now it’s so money focused its hard to see the good about it.

This review is written September 23, 2020. It has been weeks since the game signed in to the server, and reading other reviews, it isn’t just me. “Offline mode,” doesn’t cut it, because there are places in the game that rely on dynamic content, so this perpetual offline mode has brought progress, and any enjoyment of the game, to an abrupt halt. I tried to contact the developer, when I thought it was just my issue, but never got a response. I’m sorry, developer person. This game is/was clever, genius, challenging, mindful and fun. It serves no purpose on my tablet now but taking up space. I am loathe to delete it. You have left me no choice. If anyone had deigned to respond, some word of “we are aware of the issue,” I would wait. Lack of communication rarely has anything but a negative outcome.

I figured out how to change it from the foreign language back to English from the settings. The game is cute and has challenging levels so far. However, the energy refill is currently outrageous. You get one refill every 20 minutes. So that’s at least an HOUR (a lot of time two hours) wait between each level you can play. ON TOP OF THAT, I have to have the app open for it to count down. I had closed my IPad, returned an hour later, and only had one energy still. Leveling up should at least refill the energy for you. Most games this style give you an energy energy 5 mins or so. Also I saw other reviews where the developer replied about a FB page. Tried to find it, but none of the links worked, took me to a broken page or “does not exist.”

To be honest I’m super sad. I downloaded this game a week or two or ago, and I have loved playing this game sooo much! I’ve appreciated a ton of the features in this game like the attention to detail and the genius ad-skip item. However I’ve been extremely disappointed the last few days because for the last few days I’ve received a Network Error every time I open the game. Sometimes it just fails to load completely, other times it is able to launch but have no network capabilities whatsoever. I’ve got pretty good wifi and have tried restarting my phone, the app, and the wifi countless times but without fail it has happened every time. So sad because I enjoy the game ESPECIALLY the network features and games (endless grocery store🙌🙌) and I just want my game working again. 😢 Edit: the network error STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED this needs to be addressed ASAP, the network features add so much more fun and content to the game. I’ve seen a ton of reviews pointing out the issue but nothing has been done yet. I just want to enjoy my game again :( so glad I didn’t spend any money on it yet